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In London for her cousin’s first season, Laura Parsons is counting the days until she can start a new life away from the family that cast her mother out years ago. As companion to her spoiled cousin, Olivia, she must ensure the girl attracts the attention of the widowed Duke of Hawthorne. Plans go awry when the duke instead takes an interest in Laura.

Andrew Stanhope, Seventh Duke of Hawthorne, has no desire to marry again, his first marriage having been a disaster except for his daughters. It is their need for a mother that drives him back into society where he must court Olivia Bingham. She is all that he should want in a wife, yet he cannot resist her engaging cousin.

Their attraction is clear to her uncle, who sends Laura away to better his daughter’s position. When he finds Laura again, Andrew must decide whether to follow society’s expectations or pursue the love his heart desires. Can he convince Laura to look past his title and see the man he hopes to be?